In December 2013, the band toured the UK once again culminating in their 3rd headline appearance at the 16,000 capacity Manchester Arena. Courteeners Will Now Do Seven Nights at Manchester's Apollo". RadioX. 27 August 2015 . Retrieved 19 November 2015. Manchester, united – the story of The Courteeners' massive Old Trafford gig". NME. 1 June 2017 . Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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a b c Costa, Maddy (4 April 2008). "The Courteeners, St Jude / Music". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019 . Retrieved 26 March 2022. Responding to how some artists don’t seem to care about chart accolades, he added that it is, in fact, a big deal. Liam Fray @ the Scala, London – 26/09/2013". Gigwise. 27 September 2013 . Retrieved 26 November 2014. The Courteeners describe biggest gig of their career at Manchester's Heaton Park as 'unbelievable' ". NME.com. 6 June 2015 . Retrieved 6 June 2015. But still one hesitates to be entirely negative. Their kitchen sink indie is based on some fine templates, notably No You Didn't, No You Don't's Smiths-ian sway. And Please Don't is designed to be heard live. You can hear the fans singing along to the stop-start invective.The Manc band, fronted by Liam Fray, are getting rather used to entertaining crowds on this grand scale. They performed memorable gigs at Heaton Park first in 2015 and then again in 2019. Courteeners' Liam Fray talks about their new album". XFM.com. 14 August 2014 . Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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In December 2015, Courteeners released their first Christmas song "Winter Wonderland". All the band's profits from the release of this single were donated to UK housing and homeless charity "Shelter". [60] Following the release of their debut album St. Jude, U2 frontman Bono called the Courteeners "The best band of the past 10 years". [56] By October 2008 the band had begun a sell out tour of major venues across the UK including two nights at Manchester Apollo and London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. A first taste of Arena shows came with their December 2008 support slot on the Stereophonics' Decade in the Sun Tour. This saw them appear at huge venues such as the Manchester Arena, London's O2 Arena and Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.a b "The Courteeners". NME. 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 24 March 2022.

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The group’s frontman Liam Fray said ‘good things come to thems that wait’ after their St. Jude album topped the charts, reaching number one on the Official UK Charts almost 15 years after its original release. BBC - Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record - The Courteeners - Cross My Heart & Hope To Fly". bbc.co.uk.

The Courteeners announce deluxe version of 'Concrete Love' and new single 'Winter Wonderland' ". NME.com. 11 November 2015 . Retrieved 19 November 2015. In December 2008 St. Jude won the inaugural Guardian's First British Album Award, beating out albums by Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele, and Noah and the Whale. The award was voted for by members of the public and The Guardian journalists. St. Jude clinched a mammoth 53% of the public vote. [89] Fletcher, Alex (18 January 2008). "The Courteeners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 26 March 2022. As this is a one-off show, we won't know until the night what surprises the Courteeners might be prepared to spring on the homecoming crowd, although we do know the songs of St Jude will all feature. Band Names That Don't Have a "The"… And 1 That Gained One". Radio X. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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The Courteeners announce first US headline show". NME. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 24 March 2022. Courteeners can't believe they've made it to T In The Park". NME. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 24 March 2022. Courteeners frontman Liam Fray to headline Viola Beach memorial concert". Manchester Evening News. 14 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 April 2016. In April 2007, Courteeners singer/guitarist Liam Fray was about to board a train out of Manchester Piccadilly to see Arctic Monkeys play in Liverpool when his manager’s number flashed up on his phone. He was calling with news of someone keen to produce the band’s debut album. “He says, ‘Stephen Street wants to work with you,’” Fray tells Apple Music. “I just thought, ‘Imagine being a producer and having the same name as Stephen Street, that’s embarrassing.’” Despite having signed a record deal, Fray was still getting his head around the idea that anyone was interested in his songs, let alone Street, a celebrated producer for The Smiths and Blur. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{

Elsewhere in this week’s chart, pop superstar Miley Cyrus claimed her third UK number one single with Flowers. The Courteeners St. Jude". Exclaim!. 17 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 March 2022. The Courteeners on hometown gig: 'Morrissey's invited but we don't know if he can handle the mud' ". NME.com. 4 June 2015 . Retrieved 6 June 2015. At first Fray studied business studies at university, however soon realised it was a lot harder than he thought and not what he wanted to do. Therefore, he chose to study creative writing as he enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but not reading. While at the University of Salford (studying creative writing), Fray started performing acoustic sets as a singer-songwriter around bars and at open-mic nights in Manchester. After getting positive reactions from the crowd, Fray decided to leave university and form a band. He recruited long-time friend and neighbour Michael Campbell, who had never played the drums before. They played as 'Liam Fray' until Moores and Cuppello joined the band. [3]